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Yvette D. Everhart

Yvette D. Everhart


Employment Law and Discrimination Lawyer
Sass Law Firm
Tampa, FL
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Attorney Biography

Yvette D. Everhart is a shareholder in Sass Law Firm, has practiced labor and employment law in Florida since graduating from Stetson University College of Law and is an advocate of employee rights. Ms. Everhart is Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by The Florida Bar with over 15 years of experience, making her well-versed in a wide variety of employment law issues. Over the years, Yvette has served on various committees and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer of the Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar, as well as a member of its Executive Council. On a national level, she is the Employee Chair of the Treatise Committee of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association.

Ms. Everhart’s experience includes representing individual employees before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, as well as various government agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR), the Florida Public Employee Relations Commission (PERC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and Florida’s unemployment agency, the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO).

Yvette Everhart has spoken at a variety of employment law educational conferences and is the author of several published articles. In 2021, she became the Southeast Regional Editor of the national treatise, Employment at Will, a State-by-State Survey, and serves as the Southeast Region Editor and co-author of the Florida Chapter, since it was first published in 2011 by the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law and BNA Bloomberg (n/k/a Bloomberg Industry Group), as well as each yearly supplement and the 2017 Second Edition. Yvette is a current member and past President of the Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association, also known as Florida NELA, and has been included on the Super Lawyers® list published by Thomson Reuters in the area of employment law. She made Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Lawyers since 2020 and is AV Preeminent ® rated by Martindale-Hubbell through its peer review survey, which is its highest peer rating standard. After graduating cum laude from Stetson University, she attended Stetson University College of Law and was the recipient of both The Florida Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Dean W. Gary Vause Award and the school’s Judge Alexander Paskay Bankruptcy Award.

For a full list of Yvette’s awards, publications, speaking engagements, associations and committees, check out her Resume CV at www.EmploymentLawTampa.com.


Practice Areas

 
Employment Law (40%)
 
Discrimination (20%)
 
Sexual Harassment (20%)
 
Wrongful Termination (20%)

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Résumé - Yvette D. Everhart

Bar Licenses

Florida State Bar
Member in Good Standing
2007

Work Experience

Sass Law Firm
Sass Law Firm
Shareholder Attorney
2007Present

Education


Stetson University
Stetson University
Bachelor of BA, cum laude
2003

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Specialty Certifications

Associations

Hillsborough County Bar Association
Current Member
Hillsborough County Bar Association

Employee Co-Chair
Treatise Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
20222023

Secretary/Treasurer
Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20222023

Legal Education Director
Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20212022

Committee Member
Continuing Legal Education Committee, The Florida Bar
20212023

Vice Chair
Treatise Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
20212022

Program Co-Chair
Advanced Labor Topics, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
2021

Council Member
Executive Council, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20172023

Co-Chair
Website Subcommittee, Communications Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20172023

Current Member,
Co-Chair (2016-2017)
Law School Liaison Subcommittee, Outreach Committee, Labor & Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20162021

Current Member
Communications Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20162023

Committee Member
Membership Outreach Subcommittee, Outreach Committee, Labor & Employment , The Florida Bar
20152016

Program Co-Chair
Hot Topics in Employment Law, Fall Conference, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20152016

Current Member
Outreach Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
20152021

President,
President-Elect,
VP of Programming
Florida Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association
20102013

Current Member
Florida Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association

Current Member
American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law

Current Member
The Florida Bar, Labor & Employment Law Section

Member
Florida National Employment Lawyers Association

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Awards & Honors

500 Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers
Lawdragon, since 2020
2022

AV Preeminent® Peer Reviewed Rated
Martindale-Hubbell, since 2021
2022

Lead Counsel Verified in Employment Law
Thomson Reuters, since 2019
2022

Top Attorney - Superb 10.0 Rating
Avvo, since 2008
2022

Florida Super Lawyers in Employment Law for Employees
Thomson Reuters, since 2019
2022

Volunteer of the Year Award
Labor and Employment Law Section of The Florida Bar
2020

Dean W. Gary Vause Award
The Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section
2006

Judge Alexander Paskay Bankruptcy Award
Stetson University College of Law
2006

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Commercial Recognitions

Professional Involvement badge
Recognized for Professional Involvement
Lawyer Legion
2024

Florida Super Lawyers® in Employment Law
Thomson Reuters, since 2019
2021

500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
Lawdragon since 2020
2021

Volunteer of the Year Award
Labor and Employment Law Section, The Florida Bar
2020

Rising Stars by Super Lawyers® in Employment Law
Thomson Reuters
2017

Rising Stars by Super Lawyers® in Employment Law
Thomson Reuters
2016

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Yvette D. Everhart
Sass Law Firm
601 West Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33603
www.employmentlawtampa.com
Office: 813.251.5599
Fax: 813.259.9797

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Membership with The Florida Bar -

Yvette D. Everhart - Membership information with The Florida Bar - Find more information about Yvette D. Everhart on The Florida Bar website including the attorney's bar license status, eligibility status and ten year discipline history, if any. Check the Florida bar website to make sure the attorney is a member in good standing with the Florida Bar and currently licensed to practice law in Florida.


Specialty Certification Information

Certified in Employment Law -

Florida Bar Board Certification in Employment Law - Lawyers certified in "Labor and Employment Law" by the Florida Board of Legal Specialization have demonstrated substantial involvement in this area of the law.

Under Rule 6-23.2, the term "Labor and Employment law" is defined as "advice and representation concerning the application and interpretation of public and private sector labor and employment law principles, as well as employment discrimination and employment-related civil rights law."

Attorneys that practice labor and employment law in Florida deal with "state and federal laws that apply to the employment relationship including, but not limited to:

(1) the National Labor Relations Act, as amended;

(2) the Fair Labor Standards Act;

(3) Florida's public sector collective bargaining laws and career service appeals;

(4) the Employment Retirement Income Security Act;

(5) the Family Medical Leave Act;

(6) Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Florida's Civil Rights Act;

(7) the Americans With Disabilities Act;

(8) Occupational Safety and Health Act; [and]

(9) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act."


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